If I give you a horse, would you dare to travel around the world?

People today love cars, while people in ancient times loved horses. There are lines like “The horse gallops in the spring breeze, and all the flowers in Chang'an can be seen in one day”; there is “Thinking back to the days when we were cavalry with swords and spears, and we were as fierce as tigers that could swallow a thousand miles”; there is “A white horse decorated with golden reins, galloping to the northwest”... To the ancients, horses meant being elegant and unrestrained, full of passion, and free and easy, and they meant pursuing freedom and passion like the wind.

There are also horses in jade carvings, and their styles are diverse.

In terms of body shape, there are the flamboyant and sturdy Han horses and the plump and round Tang horses . The former reminds people of the heroic and iron-blooded Han Dynasty's expulsion of the Huns, while the latter reminds people of the prosperity and peace and the prosperous Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty.

Judging from their shapes, some have wings on their backs, which reflects people's wild imagination; some have horns on their foreheads , which resemble the unicorns in Western mythology and are symbols of nobility, pride and purity.

In terms of matching, some are carrying gold ingots, which means getting rich soon, and some are carrying monkeys, which means becoming a marquis soon . Here, the word "horse" means speed, immediately or immediately .

In terms of depiction, there are war horses with complete bridles and saddles, lone wild horses, and single horse heads. Whether realistic or freehand, they are all extremely vivid and lifelike.

Of course, the story of Bole selecting horses is also indispensable, which is a metaphor for being good at identifying and discovering talents.

This allusion comes from Han Yu's "On Horses", "There are Bole in the world, and then there are thousand-mile horses. Thousand-mile horses are common, but Bole is rare. Therefore, although there are famous horses, they are only humiliated by the hands of slaves and die in the manger, and they are not called a thousand-mile horse. A thousand-mile horse may eat a stone of millet in one meal. The horse feeder does not know that the horse can run a thousand miles and feeds it. So even if the horse can run a thousand miles, it is not full, its strength is insufficient, its talent and beauty are not visible, and it cannot be equal to ordinary horses. How can it be expected to run a thousand miles?

You are not whipping it properly, you are not feeding it to its full potential, you are not able to understand its meaning when it neighs, and you hold the whip and look at it and say, "There is no horse in the world!" Alas! Is there really no horse? He really doesn't know horses. ”

In fact, in ancient times, although horses were a common means of transportation, not everyone could afford to own one. Those who could raise horses must have some assets, just like cars for people today. Even though they have become very popular, there are still many people who cannot afford them. So for many people, horses are a display of wealth and a symbol of status. Whether it is fighting on the mountains and rivers or riding a horse across the rivers and lakes, they are all a kind of longing that exists in imagination.

So, if I give you a horse, would you dare to travel around the world?

Just like the lyrics say: Let us be companions in the world/Live carefree/Ride on horseback to share the prosperity of the world/Sing out the joy in our hearts while drinking wine/Grasp the youth with vigor and vitality

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